accusing (Brittany LLoyd)
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've known that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me... - obviously, the speaker is feeling extreme anger towards someone, specifically an ex boyfriend. she is aware of his lies and she's calling him out on all the emotional pain he's put her through.
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet... - it becomes evident here that the boyfriend cheated on her with someone else and thought he could fix things with just a few words. the girl is accusing him of not caring, lying and faking.
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me. - the section ends with the speaker sending out her message loud and clear; the boyfriend messed up and she can't be bothered with his actions anymore.
[taylor swift - should've said no]
To accuse someone is to put the blame on them, and in this song it's obvious that Taylor is blaming a boy for everything he did to her. What they had was apparently special, as she is clearly hurt by his cheating. The tone makes that perfectly clear. So do the upbeat melody and guitar solos. Because her boyfriend snuck around behind her back and thought she would never find out, she feels as if she can't forgive him. She is both sad and heartbroken, but she is getting over it and truely believes that the boy was in the wrong. In her mind, she's over the anguish of remembering and turning over everything in her head, and knows in her heart that it was not her fault, but her boyfriend's. Taylor was able to channel her emotions into an intense, in-your-face hit by putting her boy on the spot and rightly accusing him for all the sleepless nights he put her through.
Better attention to capitalization and sophistication of language.
Quizzical (Clara Kim and Siobhan Kirk)
Nobody likes you when youre 23
And are still more amused by prank phone calls -This guy is 23 years old still making prank phone calls, making him appear very immiture. An action such as this brings humor to the listeners- What the heck is call ID? - This question is rhetorical and only asked for laughter, everyone knows what caller ID is-
My friends say I should act my age Whats my age again?
Whats my age again? - Again a question asked not for an answer, but for a humerous response-
[Blink-182 - What's my Age Again?]
Quizzical used as a tone means asking a question, not for an answer but for a humerous response. Blink - 182 uses the question "What's my age again?". All band members in Blink - 182 truely know their age but ask this question ask an excuse for acting childish. The song also uses upbeat music with the band in senerios such as, prank calling a girlfriend's mother and ruining a romantic moment to watch tv instead, to keep its listeners laughing.
Less obvious lyrical interpretation. Do not simply rephrase words and phrases; instead, use them to demonstrate the tone as it applies to the overall meaning and development of the song.
Satiric (Esther Katro) Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky,
Right now, he's probably dabbing on 3 dollars worth of that bathroom polo...
- The calm melody in the background along with the assertive tone in Carrie's voice shows that she's ridiculing him, since she knows exactly what he's doing with another girl. And he don't know...
That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats,
I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires... Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats. Oh next time that he cheats it won't be on me.
- This section is the "teaching a lesson part" in satiric. After Carrie has ridiculed him about what he has done wrong (cheating on her), she then takes action and teaches him a lesson by destroying his car. The tone in her voice becomes more aggresive here since she's upset and is trying to teach this guy a lesson to never cheat on her on anyone else again. The electric guitar also becomes louder in order for her to bring her point across more clearly.
Carrie Underwood - Before he Cheats]
The lyrics and tone to this song resemble satiric because the speaker ridicules her ex boyfriend and then destroys his car in order to teach him a lesson. She wants to get her point across that he shouldn't cheat; and if he still does it will never be on her again. She knows exactly what her ex boyfriend is doing with another girl and she wants to show him how wrong it is, and how he should never cheat again.
We can only hope she was being satiric when she wrote these lyrics! This song could also be described as aggressive and belligerent!
You should've said no, you should've gone home
You should've thought twice before you let it all go
You should've known that word, bout what you did with her
Would get back to me...
- obviously, the speaker is feeling extreme anger towards someone, specifically an ex boyfriend. she is aware of his lies and she's calling him out on all the emotional pain he's put her through.
And I should've been there, in the back of your mind
I shouldn't be asking myself why
You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet...
- it becomes evident here that the boyfriend cheated on her with someone else and thought he could fix things with just a few words. the girl is accusing him of not caring, lying and faking.
You should've said no, baby and you might still have me.
- the section ends with the speaker sending out her message loud and clear; the boyfriend messed up and she can't be bothered with his actions anymore.
[taylor swift - should've said no]
To accuse someone is to put the blame on them, and in this song it's obvious that Taylor is blaming a boy for everything he did to her. What they had was apparently special, as she is clearly hurt by his cheating. The tone makes that perfectly clear. So do the upbeat melody and guitar solos. Because her boyfriend snuck around behind her back and thought she would never find out, she feels as if she can't forgive him. She is both sad and heartbroken, but she is getting over it and truely believes that the boy was in the wrong. In her mind, she's over the anguish of remembering and turning over everything in her head, and knows in her heart that it was not her fault, but her boyfriend's. Taylor was able to channel her emotions into an intense, in-your-face hit by putting her boy on the spot and rightly accusing him for all the sleepless nights he put her through.
Better attention to capitalization and sophistication of language.
Quizzical (Clara Kim and Siobhan Kirk)
Nobody likes you when youre 23
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
-This guy is 23 years old still making prank phone calls, making him appear very immiture. An action such as this brings humor to the listeners-
What the heck is call ID?
- This question is rhetorical and only asked for laughter, everyone knows what caller ID is-
My friends say I should act my age
Whats my age again?
Whats my age again?
- Again a question asked not for an answer, but for a humerous response-
[Blink-182 - What's my Age Again?]
Quizzical used as a tone means asking a question, not for an answer but for a humerous response. Blink - 182 uses the question "What's my age again?". All band members in Blink - 182 truely know their age but ask this question ask an excuse for acting childish. The song also uses upbeat music with the band in senerios such as, prank calling a girlfriend's mother and ruining a romantic moment to watch tv instead, to keep its listeners laughing.
Less obvious lyrical interpretation. Do not simply rephrase words and phrases; instead, use them to demonstrate the tone as it applies to the overall meaning and development of the song.
Satiric (Esther Katro)
Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky,
Right now, he's probably dabbing on 3 dollars worth of that bathroom polo...
- The calm melody in the background along with the assertive tone in Carrie's voice shows that she's ridiculing him, since she knows exactly what he's doing with another girl.
And he don't know...
That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats,
I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
Oh next time that he cheats it won't be on me.
- This section is the "teaching a lesson part" in satiric. After Carrie has ridiculed him about what he has done wrong (cheating on her), she then takes action and teaches him a lesson by destroying his car. The tone in her voice becomes more aggresive here since she's upset and is trying to teach this guy a lesson to never cheat on her on anyone else again. The electric guitar also becomes louder in order for her to bring her point across more clearly.
Carrie Underwood - Before he Cheats]
The lyrics and tone to this song resemble satiric because the speaker ridicules her ex boyfriend and then destroys his car in order to teach him a lesson. She wants to get her point across that he shouldn't cheat; and if he still does it will never be on her again. She knows exactly what her ex boyfriend is doing with another girl and she wants to show him how wrong it is, and how he should never cheat again.
We can only hope she was being satiric when she wrote these lyrics! This song could also be described as aggressive and belligerent!